High Courts
Employee Transferred From Central Govt Scheme To State University Sanctioned Post, Not Objected By State Govt, Can't Be Denied Retiral Benefits : Calcutta HC
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das De held that an employee transferred from central government scheme to state university sanctioned post without any objections from the state Government at the time of transfer, can't be denied retiral benefits. Background Facts The respondent was appointed as a Field Assistant Grade-II...
Kerala High Court Introduces E-Filing Services In Jails Enabling Prisoners To Digitally File Petitions & Appeals
The Kerala High Court has introduced e-filing facility in 57 jails in the state for filing jail appeals and other petitions/applications seeking judicial remedy moved by prisoners before the High Court.Till now, the jail appeals, filed under Section 424 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, and other petitions/applications were being prepared in the paper form. Thereafter,...
Contractor Cannot Be Denied Payment For Extra Work Approved By Railways Through Their Actions: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan has held that a contractor cannot be denied payment for extra work that, while beyond the original scope of the agreement, was clearly consented to by the other party through its conduct. When such work is accepted, measured, and not objected to contemporaneously, the benefiting party cannot later claim it was beyond the...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round Up: June 16 - June 22, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 214 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 230]Chief Executive Officer vs Ganesh Gulabrao Nawale, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 214Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha vs The Registrar of Trade Marks, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 215Bank of India vs Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Special Range-15, Mumbai, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 216Skytech Rolling Mill Pvt. Ltd. vs Joint Commissioner of...
'No Intention To Infringe': Lenskart Tells Delhi High Court Over 'Mistake' In Using Titan's Trademarks On Website & As Meta Tags
Indian multinational eyewear company Lenskart recently admitted to its mistake in using Tata owned eyewear brand Titan's trademarks on its website and in meta tags.Titan Company Limited had sued Peyush Bansal's Lenskart for infringement of its trademarks Titan, Titan Eye+ and Fastrack.The company claimed that its registered marks are used on Lenskart's website and also as meta tags to the...
Man Acquitted In 'False Case' Over Wife's Alleged Murder Moves Karnataka HC Seeking Enhancement In Compensation From ₹1 Lakh To ₹5 Crore
A man, who was wrongly framed by the police alleging that he murdered his wife, has now approached the Karnataka High Court seeking enhancement of compensation from Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 5 crore for the malicious proceedings against him. In April 2025, Session Judge Gururaj Somakkalavar acquitted the man, Suresh @ Kurubara Suresh, from offences charged under Section 302 of IPC and had directed...
'Exclusivity May Vanish': Delhi High Court While Granting Interim Relief To Volvo Against Knock-Off Indian Buses
The Delhi High Court recently issued an ex-parte ad interim injunction restraining a bus manufacturer and two inter-city bus service providers, from infringing the 'grille slash' trademark of Sweden-based renowned Volvo buses.Justice Amit Bansal noted that the Defendants deliberately and dishonestly created buses bearing lookalike of Volvo's trademark to encash upon the company's good...
Stressful Service Conditions Of CRPF Personnel In Naxal Area Can't Justify Murder Of Colleagues: Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Conviction
The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the conviction of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Constable who, nursing a grudge over duty allotment that deprived him of leave, opened fire on his colleagues, resulting in the death of four and injury to one.Commenting that long working hours without leave in a strenuous naxal infested environment does not warrant murder of fellow comrades,...
Lawyer Barred From Practice For Allegedly Assaulting Woman Advocate Approaches High Court Against Bar Council's Disciplinary Action
Advocate Beyline Das, whose practice was barred by the Kerala Bar Council for allegedly assaulting a woman advocate, has moved the High Court challenging the Council's disciplinary action against him. Das, who used to practice at the courts in Trivandrum, was accused of assaulting his female junior. After the incident came to light, the State Bar Council impeded his practice till a final...
Chhattisgarh HC Launches Digitization Centre In 4 District Courts, E-Summons Facility For Criminal Cases
In a significant step towards the modernisation of the State judiciary in Chhattisgarh, Digitization Centres at the District & Sessions Courts of Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba and Bemetara were ceremonially inaugurated via virtual mode on 25th June 2025. The event also marked the formal launch of e-Summons for Criminal Cases and Video Conferencing Facility at District...
J&K High Court Resolves Arbitrator Fee Stalemate, Directs Centre To Deposit Fee As Per 4th Schedule Arbitration Act
In an order addressing the long-pending stalemate in an arbitration matter, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court directed the Union of India to deposit the arbitrator's fee as per the Fourth Schedule of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, enabling the pronouncement of the arbitral award.The issue before the court was whether a government-prescribed internal fee structure for...
2016 Forced Eviction Case | Allahabad High Court Stays Passing Of Final Order In Trial Against Azam Khan Till July 3
The Allahabad High Court last week stayed until July 3 the passing of a final order in the consolidated trial of the 2016 Forcible Eviction Case involving former UP Minister and MP Mohammad Azam Khan and others. A bench of Justice Dinesh Pathak passed this order while dealing with a plea filed by Khan's co-accused in the matter, who claimed that the trial court was 'adamant' to...